SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16433, 9 January 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

A GERMAN WARNING. NO REGARD FOR NEUTRALS. SINKING AT SIGHT. Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association. . (Received 11.10 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 7. The Berlin correspondent of a Hague newspaper states that if Britain continues to " abuse" neutral flags, Germany will declare that she will no longer respect neutral colours, and will advise neutrals to refrain from navigating certain seas, otherwise they will risk their ships being torpedoed without warning regardless of the lives of the crews. SHIPPING MAGNATE'S VIEW. DEFIANCE OF AMERICA. AMSTERDAM. Jan. 7. Herr Ballin, head of the Ham-burg-America Shipping Line, in a speech at Leipsic said he would despise the statesman who, because some German ships were interned in the United States, refrained from employing submarines as a weapon for the defeat of Britain. If Germany were victorious German shipping would occupy a mighty position in the world, whereas if Germany were defeated her shipping would be doomed to perish, whether or not she kept her ships lying in American ports. NO WARNING GIVEN. BRITISH MERCHANTMEN. LONDON. Jen. 7. German writers professing to express the Government's policy state that British merchantmen are regarded as auxiliary cruisers, and will be sunk without warning. CAPTURE OF A TRAWLER, THREE CAPTAINS PRISONERS. (Received 11 p.m.) MADRID, Jan. 7. The U46 captured the trawler Louis in French waters. A prize crew took the trawler to San Cipriano, Spain, towing four boats containing the crews of two torpedoed vessels. The prize crew took the trawler seaward, sank her, and rejoined the submarine, which then sank a Norwegian ship by gunfire. The U46 held three captains prisoners. ! LONDON, Jan. 7. The captain of the British stesumer Oronsay, of 4761 tons, which i was sunk on Friday by the Germans, was taken prisoner. SHELLED BY SUBMARINE. i —^ A CALL FOR HELP. A. and N.Z. Cable. MADRID. Jan. 7. The French mail steamer Ville d'Havre sent a wireless message to Spanish stations that she was being shelled by a submarine. A Dutch steamer has gone to her' assistance. TSE LATEST .VICTIMS. A. »nd N.Z. Cable. LONDON. Jan. 7. The losses through submarine attack to-day include the Norwegian steamer Older, the Spanish wheat steamer San Leando, the Danish steamer Naesborg, and some sailing vessels. The crews were saved. The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company's steamer Murex was also torpedoed, some lives being lost.